Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / August 2007

Came across a strange plant about 4' tall, with very small yellow
flowers.  If a branch is disturbed by shaking or hitting, seeds are
explosively shot-out in all directions with quite a bit of force,
giving brief sizzling sound.  Has anyone seen a plant like this or

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b. Alan J Holmes
He is a fairly cautious troll, since he has a university account

Following the success of the "Mulberry Trees" site -
http://mulberrytrees.co.uk/ - I have decided upon a
sequel: a Strawberry tree site:
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Have used very successfully Centradena Cascade as an alternative to Lobelia in
my hanging basket, would like to keep them alive over winter, have cold
greenhouse with a heated bench, Also is it easy too propagate as I have eight
large baskets to fill.

I'm looking for suggestions as to what might be chewing holes in my
tomatoes.
I'm finding a great deal of tomatoes (green or otherwise) with a single
hole eaten in them.  I cut them open and there aren't any worms or other

Hi there,  Im a new subscriber whos lurked around the search engine of
this group for a while.  This morning, new neighbors just cut down a
beautiful tree that was the corner tree for 4 house lots.  This is the
second time in a couple years that neighbors have hacked away at their

Do you have any in your garden, and do you think they are worth th
hundreds of pounds that they can sell for
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timbertags

My Rose Easter Cactus (Rhipsalidopsis rosea) is a few years old. For the
last several months it's has been dropping segments like crazy. There is
no draft. I've changed water frequency and repotted it to make sure the
soil was a nice draining soil. I've moved it from west to ...

What's best for being very prickly and fast growing - ideally it'd
grow about 12 ft wide overnight but I think that's a bit optimistic.
Obviously I've considered brambles but they're a bit low growing for
what I've got in mind.

Can anyone tell me what to do with a meadow area of the garden, approx 600
square metres, that has now gone to a thick, matted dead grass state.   I
want to sow some wild flowers ready for next year.  Do I cut down to the
ground and rake over areas where I want the seed to ...

Was answering questions yesterday from a coach load of German visitors and
was asked one that completely puzzled me.
They wanted to know what to do about a small green insect which they called
cicada's which arrive in late summer and feed on the flower buds of their

which would be the most effective chemical to terminate a rampant bamboo
plant please; glyphospate or ammonium sulphamate.?
Are there any particular properties (secondary to which is the most
affective killing agent) which might be brought into consideration in

I was told by my neighbor that in both cases with grass and moss,  I should
just lime the heck out of my property.
He has told me that he has limed the heck out of his property ( we have lots
of pine trees ) and it worked for him.

... who keeps stoking the fire?
Kindest regards
Mike

I was sent this today:
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